Ponerinae, the Glossary
Ponerinae, the ponerine ants, is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant.[1]
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74 relations: Afropone, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Anochetus, Ant, Archiponera, Asphinctopone, Austroponera, Belonopelta, Boloponera, Bothroponera, Brachyponera, Buniapone, Centromyrmex, Cephalopone, Cryptopone, Cyrtopone, Diacamma, Dinoponera, Dinoponera gigantea, Dissection, Dolioponera, Ectomomyrmex, Emeryopone, Euponera, Feroponera, Fisheropone, Gaster (insect anatomy), Hagensia, Harpegnathos, Harpegnathos saltator, Holocene, Hypoponera, Incertae sedis, Iroponera, Isopoda, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, Leptogenys, Loboponera, Mating, Mayaponera, Megaponera, Mesoponera, Messelepone, Myopias, Neoponera, Odontomachus, Odontoponera, Ophthalmopone, Ovary, Pachycondyla, ... Expand index (24 more) »
- Ant subfamilies
- Extant Turonian first appearances
- Turonian first appearances
Afropone
Afropone is an extinct genus of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae, and is currently unplaced in any of the tribes of that subfamily.
Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau
Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (9 October 1770 – 23 August 1845), also spelled Lepeletier or Lepelletier, was a French entomologist, and specialist in the Hymenoptera.
See Ponerinae and Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau
Anochetus
Anochetus is a genus of small, carnivorous ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.
Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
Archiponera
Archiponera is an extinct genus of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae.
Asphinctopone
Asphinctopone is a small genus of rarely encountered Afrotropical ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
See Ponerinae and Asphinctopone
Austroponera
Austroponera is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "Austro-". Ponerinae and Austroponera are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Austroponera
Belonopelta
Belonopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Belonopelta are Ponerinae stubs.
Boloponera
Boloponera is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Boloponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Bothroponera
Bothroponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Bothroponera are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Bothroponera
Brachyponera
Brachyponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Brachyponera are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Brachyponera
Buniapone
Buniapone is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Centromyrmex
Centromyrmex is a pantropical, though mainly Afrotropical, genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Centromyrmex are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Centromyrmex
Cephalopone
Cephalopone is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from fossils found in Europe.
Cryptopone
Cryptopone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Cryptopone are Ponerinae stubs.
Cyrtopone
Cyrtopone is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from fossils found in Europe.
Diacamma
Diacamma is a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Diacamma are Ponerinae stubs.
Dinoponera
Dinoponera is a strictly South American genus of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae, commonly called tocandiras or giant Amazonian ants.
Dinoponera gigantea
Dinoponera gigantea is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae.
See Ponerinae and Dinoponera gigantea
Dissection
Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure.
Dolioponera
Dolioponera is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Dolioponera fustigera. Ponerinae and Dolioponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Ectomomyrmex
Ectomomyrmex is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Ponerinae and Ectomomyrmex are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Ectomomyrmex
Emeryopone
Emeryopone is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Emeryopone are Ponerinae stubs.
Euponera
Euponera is a ponerine genus of ants distributed in the Afrotropics (including Madagascar) and eastern Asia. Ponerinae and Euponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Feroponera
Feroponera is a monotypic Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Feroponera ferox. Ponerinae and Feroponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Fisheropone
Fisheropone (named after Brian Fisher) is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Fisheropone are Ponerinae stubs.
Gaster (insect anatomy)
The gaster is the bulbous posterior portion of the metasoma found in hymenopterans of the suborder Apocrita (bees, wasps and ants).
See Ponerinae and Gaster (insect anatomy)
Hagensia
Hagensia is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Hagensia are Ponerinae stubs.
Harpegnathos
Harpegnathos is a small ponerine genus of ants found in South and Southeast Asia.
See Ponerinae and Harpegnathos
Harpegnathos saltator
Harpegnathos saltator, sometimes called the Indian jumping ant or Jerdon's jumping ant, is a species of ant found in India.
See Ponerinae and Harpegnathos saltator
Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
Hypoponera
Hypoponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Incertae sedis
of uncertain placement or problematica is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.
See Ponerinae and Incertae sedis
Iroponera
Iroponera (from Latin ironia, "assumed ignorance", -pone, from the name of the subfamily) is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Iroponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans.
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
The Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (Print:, online) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of palaeontology published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the British Natural History Museum.
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Leptogenys
Leptogenys is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Loboponera
Loboponera is an Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae with nine recognized species. Ponerinae and Loboponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Mating
In biology, mating is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for the purposes of sexual reproduction.
Mayaponera
Mayaponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Mayaponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Megaponera
Megaponera analis is the sole species of the genus Megaponera.
Mesoponera
Mesoponera is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Mesoponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Messelepone
Messelepone is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from fossils found in Europe.
Myopias
Myopias is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Myopias are Ponerinae stubs.
Neoponera
Neoponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Neoponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Odontomachus
Odontomachus is a genus of ants commonly called trap-jaw ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.
See Ponerinae and Odontomachus
Odontoponera
Odontoponera is a small Southeast Asia genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Odontoponera are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Odontoponera
Ophthalmopone
Ophthalmopone is a ponerine genus of ants found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ponerinae and Ophthalmopone are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Ophthalmopone
Ovary
The ovary is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova.
Pachycondyla
Pachycondyla is a ponerine genus of ants found in the Neotropics. Ponerinae and Pachycondyla are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Pachycondyla
Paltothyreus
Paltothyreus (also known as African stink ant) is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Paltothyreus are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Paltothyreus
Parvaponera
Parvaponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Parvaponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Phrynoponera
Phrynoponera is a strictly Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
See Ponerinae and Phrynoponera
Platythyrea
Platythyrea is a genus of predaceous ants in the subfamily Ponerinae and the sole member of the tribe Platythyreini. Ponerinae and Platythyrea are Ponerinae stubs.
Plectroctena
''Plectroctena mandibularis'' Plectroctena is an Afrotropical genus of ants, with most species occurring in the rainforest zones of West and Central Africa.
See Ponerinae and Plectroctena
Ponera
Ponera is a genus of ponerine ants. Ponerinae and ponera are Ponerinae stubs.
Ponerinae
Ponerinae, the ponerine ants, is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant. Ponerinae and Ponerinae are ant subfamilies, extant Turonian first appearances, Ponerinae stubs, taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier and Turonian first appearances.
Ponerini
Ponerini is a tribe of Ponerinae ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera. Ponerinae and Ponerini are Ponerinae stubs.
Poneromorph subfamilies
In ants, the traditional subfamily Ponerinae has been subdivided into several Poneromorph subfamilies, with several former tribes now elevated to subfamily rank. Ponerinae and Poneromorph subfamilies are ant subfamilies.
See Ponerinae and Poneromorph subfamilies
Promyopias
Promyopias is an Afrotropical genus of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Promyopias silvestrii.
Protopone
Protopone is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from fossils found in Europe and Asia.
Psalidomyrmex
Psalidomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Psalidomyrmex are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Psalidomyrmex
Pseudoneoponera
Pseudoneoponera is a ponerine genus of ants found from India to Australia, they are mostly non queen species, most of the species within the genus thrives on only gamergates. Ponerinae and Pseudoneoponera are Ponerinae stubs.
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Pseudoponera
Pseudoponera is a small genus of ponerine ants. Ponerinae and Pseudoponera are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Pseudoponera
Queen ant
A queen ant (formally known as a gyne) is an adult, reproducing female ant in an ant colony; she is usually the mother of all the other ants in that colony.
Rasopone
Rasopone is genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Rasopone are Ponerinae stubs.
Reproductive system
The reproductive system of an organism, also known as the genital system, is the biological system made up of all the anatomical organs involved in sexual reproduction.
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Simopelta
Simopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Simopelta are Ponerinae stubs.
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Streblognathus
Streblognathus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Ponerinae and Streblognathus are Ponerinae stubs.
See Ponerinae and Streblognathus
Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Thaumatomyrmex
Thaumatomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae, found from Mexico to Brazil.
See Ponerinae and Thaumatomyrmex
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series.
See also
Ant subfamilies
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ecitoninae
- Ectatomminae
- Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- Haidomyrmecinae
- Heteroponerinae
- Leptanillinae
- List of ant subfamilies
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Ponerinae
- Poneromorph subfamilies
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- Sphecomyrminae
- Zigrasimeciinae
Extant Turonian first appearances
Turonian first appearances
- Baurusuchidae
- Ceratophryidae
- Chrysidoidea
- Coilopoceratidae
- Collignoniceratidae
- Hornwort
- Iteaceae
- Mammitinae
- Mosasaur
- Mosasaurinae
- Myrmicinae
- Notosuchidae
- Ornithomimidae
- Pachycephalosauria
- Plioplatecarpinae
- Ponerinae
- Protoceratopsidae
- Sphecomyrminae
- Stagodontidae
- Tissotiidae
- Vascoceratidae
- Zhelestidae
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponerinae
Also known as Ponerine, Ponerine ant, Ponerines.
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